Pretty ez demo's: Centre Region Code had about 6 guys there from State College, PA- at the forefront of sprinkler codes up there, protecting the Nittany Lions. Another 20+/- FF/Code guys in suits and dress blues; Regional guy from NFPA and Roland Hall from ICC. Thom McMahon and I were the only sprinkler contractors, I believe Thom gets the long distance award; About 6 UA reps,Pgh 542, 669, and Phila 692 (Thx for lunch) Ray Lonabough from NFSA On our side. The Home Builders had themselves, including one that is a rural fire chief and testified that his dept's 20 minute response time would mean a lot of water damage while the sprinklers flowed 20 minutes till they got there (versus letting the house burn down? Great testimony, we used it to our advantage), an economist that said only 15 people dies in PA fires in a year (whereas Phila Dep Chief testified 47 dies in his city alone); I'd guess there were about 30 on the NAHB/PBA side, also Modular Home Assoc rep.
Firefighter safety likely carried the day since it was obvious the homeowners either don't know, don't care, or believe the Terminator movie deluge syndrome. George Church Rowe Sprinkler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: PA Res Sprkr WIN George, What was the audience demographic? Sprinkler contractors, fire fighters, home builders, plumbing/mechanical contractors, etc. If the plumbing/mechanical side was there, did they take a position on the issue? In other parts of the country where this is occurring, who is carrying the water for the pro-sprinkler position? Bill Brooks William N. Brooks, P.E. Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. 372 Wilett Drive Severna Park, MD 21146 410-544-3620 Phone 410-544-3032 FAX 412-400-6528 Cell -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PA Res Sprkr WIN From: "George Church" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, April 22, 2009 7:19 pm To: <[email protected]> Just got home from witnessing the PA Uniform Construction Code Advisory Panel vote to NOT OMIT the residential sprinkler requirement for SFD and townhouses. If we can do it in a Commonwealth, you guys can do it in the "state"s. Amazing. In my lifetime. George Church Rowe Sprinkler _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
